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G. CODISH.

SANDAL. APPLICATION- FILED FEB. 5. I92I- 1,436,479. d-N v. 21,1922;

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Application filed February 5, 1921. Serial No. 242,710.

More particularly the invention relates to shoes or sandals, and especially the uppers therefor. I

Some of the objects of the present invention are: to improve the sandal upper disclosed in the United States Patent No. 56,801, granted to me; to stamp the upper from a single piece of material in a manner so that the appendages thereof will be disposed relatively for a more proper fit of the upper to the foot, and especially the straps which form the essential means of securement; 'to utilize a part of one of the produced appendages as an extra strap which is secured to the side portion of the upper. With these and other objects in View the in- 25 vention resides in the particular stamping and cutting, operations producing the upper hereinaftertmore fully described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which; a

Figure 1 is a plan view of an upper stamped and cut from a single piece of material in accordance with the present invention.

' Figure 2 is a perspective view of a sandal which embodies the upper of the present invention. I

Referring now more particularly to the drawing for the detail features of the present invention, it will:be manifest that, the upper is of a design for a sandal. The up per 10 is stamped from a single piece of material to define a front portion 11, side portions 12, 12 which merge into the front portion 11, a rearwardly extending tongue 13 on the front portion 11, and straps 14 and 15 which extend forwardly on the side portions 12, 12. The front portion 11 is perforated as at 16, and such perforations it is to be understood, may be of any desired design. The strap 14 is cut at a point 17 so to produce a strap 18. The latter cutting operation leaves the upper with a relatively long strap-the strap 15, strap 18 relatively shorter than the strap 15, and the stub strap 19. A buckle 20 is attached to the strap 19, and a buckle 21 is attached to one side portion 12. Each of the straps 15 and 18 is perforated as at 22 to permit their cooperation with the buckles 20 and 21. The tongue 13 is provided with a pair of slits 23 for the reception of the strap 15, and the said tongue is also provided with a pair of slits 24 for the reception of the strap 18 which is attached to one side portion 12, at one end thereof.

The cutting tools used in the stamping operation are of the simplest possible design. The upper resulting from the stamping operation, embodies such features, as will afi'ord, the production of sandals with the essential characteristics, namely; neatness; adaptability and fit. The completed upper is attached to a sole 25 to complete the sandal.

What is claimed is:

1. In footwear, an upper having an integral tongue extending rearwardly from the toe portion thereof and forwardly projectingintegral ankle straps cut from the material of the upper at opposite sides of the tongue.

As an article ofmanufacture, a blank fora footwear upper having four substantially'longitudinal and substantially parallel slits in the bod portion thereof produc-' ing an integral suhstantially central tongueextending from the toe portion of the upper toward the rear thereof and integral for wardly extending ankle straps at opposite sides of said tongue. j Y

In testimony whereof I hereby afiix my so signature. GEORGE QODISH, 

